New-York tribune., 1887-12-12
IRELANDS GREAT STRUGGLE.
A NEvER-ENDING FIGHT FOR HOME RULE.
LORD cLANRIcARDEs LIBEL sUIT--ENGILsH FEEL
ING STILL WROUGHT UT TO PITCH-AwAIr-
ING THEIR OPPORTUNITY AND GEN.
ERAL ELECTIoN-MR. BALFoUR RUN
MING AMUCK IN IRELAND-THE
COMING PARLIAMENT


ERAL ELECTIoN-MR. BALFoUR RUN
MING AMUCK IN IRELAND-THE
COMING PARLIAMENT.
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Copyright; 1887: BY The Neu- York Tribune
LONDON, Dec. n.-The episodes OF tho tyranny that
Is now In full blast IN Ireland follow each other in
such rapidy that 1t Is quite hopeless to try to keep
record Of them. They accumulate with force that
:" benumbs the Imagination That Is what Eng
lsh friend has just said to mo- speaking Of the effect
OF what Is going on upon the English mind. I am
writing this from London. and instead Of plng on the
agony, instead Of describing the Outrages that arc
heaped on outrages head from hour TO hour in Ire-
land shall try to take advantage Of ny distant point
OF view to give you general notion OF how the
cause stands.
EFFECT OF THE CLANKICARDE LIBEL SUIT.
In my last dispatch ssd something of the effect
Of the verdict n tie Clanrcarde libel SUIT and 1t would
be impossible without getting to too great length to
explain adequately the Influence that event will have
upon the situation 1t is the most important vlndica-
ton Of the present Irish that could possibly
be imagined, for 1t is connected with the most con-
spicuous events Of tho stugge-the resistance at
Saunders Fort, tho inauguration Of the Plan OF Cam
paign the Woodford midnight meeting, the batonng
and prosecution Of Mr.. Blunt and, most recently OF
ALL the monstrousy Illegal prosecution of number Of
the inhabitants Of woodford order to cheat them Of
Mr. Harrington was arrested on the very day Of their
trial.
The result Of this libel suit has, moreover, been
positively poetic Justice the judge in that who
scathed Canricarde in his denuncations being the
same Lord Chief Baron Pallas who came to Clanri-
cardcs at the critical moment and sentenced
his tenants to savage terms of Imprisonment for what
Baron Paas describes the defence Of their little
homes One Of these prisoners, Thomas Larkin, has
already died in Jail. victim to the specially brutal
treatment to which these mon were subjected by or
der of the Castle. refer particularly to this suit
because it has produced tremendous impression In
England.
THE INTENSE FErLING IN ENGLAND.
Mr. John Dillon Thursday night, speaking to great
audience of Engshmcn, described the manner in which
Larkn was put to death as a cruel and deliberate
murder and his audience reechoed the sentiment with
grOaDs and shouts Of :ndignat'on Tho temper Vi
this audience is in word tho temper Of the vast ma
1ority of the English people at tho present moment,
Never in the history Of this century has such feeling
been brought up now rocks England from end to
end. Tho whole position may bc described as wait
ing for the opportunity Of general election II there
general election at this moment, the Tory Gov
ernment would DO swept from power in storm OF
execraton Nobody knows this bettcr than the Tories
themselves and in the midst Of their revcl Of tyranny
there is quaking and trembling in their camp "The
London Times" from day TO day, endeavors to keep
up appearances by The most absurd vaunts and boists
about successes which achieved for in Ire
land the Coercion regime has had no more effect upon
the spirit of the people and the organization OF the
people than fsllade of blank cartridges upon stout
army. Mr.. Balfours WILL and sptcful blows at the
National League, have not knocked feather out Of
tho great organization The suppressed branches hold
their meetings regularly every Sunday and since they
were suppressed have enrolled more members and
taken subscriptions than at any time since tho
League was first established.
Mr. BALFOUR AID THE NEws-vENDERs.
Never the spirit Of the people higher, never
was their discipline moro perfect. One instance Will
give vivid notion Of the tone Of the country. Mr.
Balfour has been attacking United Ireland" by prose-
cutting its ncws-venders, a characteristic mode of at
tack from this brave statesman But when one rews
vcnder sent to Jail in Ennis, calling for cheers
for William OBrcn and groans for Balfour as he wen
and when another similarly treated in Killarney
what did tho people dol The leading merchants
in both towns dry goods men, hardware men and all,
stuck up in their windows placards announcing
as United Ireland For Sale Hcrc' and the circulation
Of the paper in these districts was instantly quad
rupled of the whole body of its agents Mr.. Bal
four could only get two wrctchcd strcct-vcndes to
sign a perfectly illegal undertaking not to sell the
paper and he found the public at large ready to be-
its agents when the regular news-venders were
struck down.
WORKING THE PLAN OF CAMPAIGN.
their business with the landlords satisfactorily The
Plan of Campaign on which the Government docs not
dare to lay a wet finger, IS working like machine
the tenants being skilled enough to WORK II then-
solves All landlords who are not pghcaded are CIV
ing far larger reductions than last year. and those
who are not Will to do without their rents or,
like many another after taste of the Plan has made
them wiser men, have taken what the tenants offered
The Coercion has not benefited the landlords for
whose special advantage 1t was passed. in tho very
least degree In fact has made their plight worse
1t has exaspcrated the people, who are stopping their
hunting all over tho country. Tho Meath farmers
Friday, may mention resolved to put an end to the
Meath Hunt. as the Lord Lieutenant had set up
hunting establishment for the winter in that county
PLIGHT OF THE LANDLORDS
The landlords will be worse off than ever at tho
end of this year. and the difficulties of the Government
in the House of Commons will really begin when they
begin to clamor once more for relief There remains
some ten weeks before Parliament will assemble and
Mr. Dalfour during that time will amuck In Ire
land He will imprson many Of the leaders OF the
people and Of the people themselves as he possibly
can He has actually up to this imprisoned or prose-
cutcd some two hundred men and women and little
girls and mark this Not OF these Is guilty OF
crime Though Mr.. Balfour has boon three months
working his so-called Crimes act and has put two
hundred people in JAIL he has not yet placed single
moonghter on the plank-bcd. lie will rush on from
excess to excess, and the people will have much to
suffer and much difficulty, indeed, to maintain their
self control but II they hold out in their present mag
nfcent line Of action for these ten weeks the tyranny
will be at an end and believe that events in Eng
land will have so developed that the Liberal Unonst
and Tory majority the House Of Commons Will very
speedy 60 to pieces T. p. GILL, NJ p.
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